Kirkland, Joseph – Kittredge, Josiah Edwards
Kirkland, Joseph
soldier, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 7, 1830, in Geneva, N. Y. He was a lawyer of Chicago, who was a major in the federal army during the civil war. His two novels of pioneer life in Illinois, Zury; and The McVeys, are notably faithful, graphic studies.
His other writings include, The Captain of Company K; The Story of Chicago; and Story of the Chicago Massacre of 1812.
Kirkland, Samuel
clergyman, missionary, was born Dec. 1, 1741, in Norwich, Conn. He was the founder of Hamilton college. He was a successful clergyman and missionary to the Indians of Oneida county, N. Y. He died Feb. 28, 1808, in Clinton, N. Y.
Kirkland, William
educator, journalist, author, was born in 1810, in Utica, N. Y. At the time of his death he was editor of the New York Evening Mirror. Besides many other contributions to periodical literature, he was the author of a series of Letters from Abroad, which were never collected in book form. He died Oct. 19, 1846, in Fishkill, N. Y.
Kirkman, Marshall Monroe
author, was born July 10, 1842, in Illinois.
He was the vice-president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, and the author of Railway Disbursements; Railway Revenue; Railway Service; Baggage Car Traffic; Railway Expenditures; Handling of Railway Supplies; Railway Rates and Government Control; and How to Collect Railway Revenues without Loss.
Kirkpatrick, Andrew
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Feb. 17, 1756, in Mine Brook, N. J. In 1797 he was a member of the New Jersey assembly; was a judge of the supreme court; and during 1803-24 was chief justice. He died Jan. 7, 1831, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Kirkpatrick, Andrew
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 8, 1844, in Washington, D. C. He was president judge of the court of common pleas of Essex county, N. J., for eleven years; and in 1896 was made judge of the United States district court.
Kirkpatrick, Jane Bayard
author, was born July 12, 1772, in Philadelphia, Pa. She is the author of The Light of Other Days, edited by her daughter, Mrs. Jane E. Cogswell. She died Feb. 16, 1851, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Kirkpatrick, John Lycan
clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 20, 1813, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. In 1861 he became president of Davidson college, North Carolina, anu in 1866 he was elected to the chair of moral philosophy in Washington college, Lexington, Va., under the presidency of General Robert E. Lee. He died June 24, 1885, in Lexington, Va.
Kirkpatrick, Littleton
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1797, in New Brunswick, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1843 to 1845; and was also for five years surrogate of the county of Middle- He died Aug. 15, 1859, in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. sex.
Kirkpatrick, Snyder S
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 27, 1848, in Franklin county, Ill. He was elected county attorney of Wilson county, Kan., in 1879, and served for a period of two years; was elected to the state senate from the twelfth senatorial district, composed of the counties of Wilson and Neosho, and served in that capacity for a term of four years; and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Kirkpatrick, William
congressman, was born in November, 1768, in Amwell, N. J. In 1806 he moved to Salina, N. Y., and became superintendent of the Salt Springs. He was a representative in congress from 1807 to 1809 from New York. He died Sept. 2, 1832, in Salina, N. Y.
Kirkpatrick, William Sebring
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 21, 1844, in Easton, Pa. He was appointed president judge of the third judicial district of Pennsylvania in the early part of 1874 to fill an unexpired term, and served in said office until January, 1875. He was appointed attorney-general of Pennsylvania in 1887, and served as such till 1891. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Kirkwood, Daniel
astronomer, author, was born Sept. 27, 1814, in Bradenbaugh, Md. He was an astronomer of distinction, professor in Indiana university since 1850, and the author of Meteoric Astronomy; Comets and Meteors; and Asteroids and Minor Planets between Mars and Jupiter.
Kirkwood, James Pugh
civil engineer, was born March 27, 1807, in Scotland. For several years he was United States constructing engineer for the docks, hospital, and workshops at Pensacola, Fla., and afterward was general superintendent of the Erie railroad. He died April 22, 1877, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Kirkwood, Robert
clergyman, author, was born May 25, 1793, in Paisley, Scotland. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Yonkers, and the author of Lectures on the Millennium; Universalism Explained; A Plea for the Bible; and Illustration of the Offices of Christ. He died Aug. 26, 1866, in Yonkers, N. Y.
Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan
lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born Dec. 20, 1813, in Hartford county, Md. He moved to Iowa in 1855; was elected to the senate of that state in 1856; and was governor of Iowa from 1860 to 1864.
In 1866 he was elected a senator in congress from Iowa to fill a vacancy. 1875 he was again elected governor of Iowa; and in 1876 was again elected to the United States senate for the term commencing in 1877 and ending in 1883. In
Kirtland, Dorrance
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1819.
Kirtland, Jared Potter
physician, naturalist, egislator, was born Nov. 10, 1793, in Wallingford, Conn. He became an expert in the cultivation of fruits and flowers, and a close student of botany. In 1828 he was elected to the Ohio legislature, and served three terms. During 1841-64 he was professor of medicine in the Cleveland Medical college, of which institution he was one of the founders.
He died Dec. 10, 1877, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Kissam, Richard Sharpe
physician, was born in 1763, in New York city.
He began practice in New York in 1791, and for thirty years was at the head of his profession. He was particularly noted as a lithotomist, only three out of his sixty-five operations proving fatal. He died in October, 1822, in New York city.
Kistler, Frank M
lawyer, was born April 25, 1864, in Logansport, Ind.
He graduated from the high school of Royal Center, Ind., and became a teacher in that institution. He subsequently took the scientific course in the Wabash college of Crawfordsville, Ind. In 1887 he was admitted to the bar; was elected state's attorney in 1892; and in 1896 was offered the democratic nomination for congress, which he declined. He is a prominent lawyer of Logansport, Ind.; and is prominent in the democratic politics of his state.
Kitchell, Aaron
legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born July 10, 1744, in Hanover, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1791 to 1793, from 1794 to 1797, and from 1799 to 1801. He was a senator in congress from 1805 to 1809, when he resigned. He was also a member of the state legislature. He died June 25, 1820, in Hanover, N. J.
Kitchen, Bethuel M
farmer, legislator, state senator, congressman, was born March 21, 1812, in Berkeley county, Pa . In 1861 and 1862 he was elected to the legislature of Virginia; and in 1863 was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-eighth congress, but was not admitted to his seat. In 1864 he was elected to the senate of West Virginia; and in 1866 was elected a representative from West Virginia to the fortieth congress as a republican.
Kitchin, William H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 22, 1837, in Lauderdale county, Ala. He moved with his parents to North Carolina in 1841. He served in the confederate army; and rose to the rank of captain.
He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-sixth congress as a democrat.
Kitchin, William Walton
journalist, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 9, 1866, near Scotland Neck, N. C.
He was educated at Vine Hill academy and Wake Forest college, where he graduated in 1884.
He edited the Scotland Neck Democrat in 1885. After studying law, first under his father, Hon. W. H. Kitchin, and then at the university of North Carolina, he was admitted to the bar in 1887. He located at Roxboro in 1888, where he still practices his profession. He was chairman of the county executive committee in 1890; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat. man.
Kittera, John W
lawyer, congress- He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1791 to 1801, when he was appointed United States district attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
Kittera, Thomas
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1826 to 1827.
Kittredge, George W
legislator, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was a member of the legislature in 1847, 1851 and 1852, officiating as speaker in 1852. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855.
Kittredge, Jonathan
temperance advocate, jurist, state legislator, was born July 17, 1793, in Canterbury, N. H. He practiced law in Canaan, N. H., and represented that town in the legislature. From 1855 till 1859 he was chief justice of the court of common pleas. He died April 8, 1864, in Concord, N. H.
Kittredge, Josiah Edwards
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 12, 1836, in Boston, Mass. In 1877 he was installed pastor of the presbyterian church at Geneseo, N. Y., which position he still holds. He has published a Year Book of Sermon Texts for Children, besides sermons, lectures and addresses. /